Vegetable-slicer.



ET-o; 872,919.. PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907.

R. G. EZEKIEL.

VEGETABLE SLIGER.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT.23,1905.

RICHARD O. EZEKIEL, OF CARBON HILL, ALABAMA.

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- Specification of Letters Patent.

Eatented Dec. 3, 190?.

Application filed September 23.1905.. erial No. 279.870.

T 0 all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD C. EZEKIEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Carbon Hill, in the county of Walker and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vegetable- Slicers, of which the following is a specifica tion.

My invention is an improvement in that class of vegetable slicers in which the vegetable is recipro'cated over the cutter or cutters fixed in a suitable base or support.

My invention is embodied in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im proved vegetable slicer. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the central portion of the apparatus.

A indicates a trough or guideway, B a series of transverse cutters arranged in an opening in the bottom of the guide, and C is a block rovided with means for holding the vegetable and adapted to slide in the guideway to carry the vegetable back and forth over the cutters. For guiding the device C and holding it do'wn in its sliding movement the inner parallel and vertical sides of the guideway are provided with ribs (1 and the part C with corresponding side grooves. The part or block C is provided in its inner end with a recess 2: adapted to receive the vegetable in whole or in part. It will be seen that the said. recess opens widely at the bottom and is inclined at the top so that when pushed forward toward and over the cutters,'the vege table will be crowded or p'usheddownward and thus held in the required contact with the cutters. The block 0 is provided with an inclined handle 0 and also with a spring -presser and vegetable holder D, which isformed of spring wire bent into a series of loops d and the front ends of the same curved downward, the ends of the wire being formed with coils and secured to the top of the block C. The free end of this device D may be raised and lowered to introduce the vegetable behind the same, and it is obvious that the horizontal portion of the spring loops d will bearupon thevegetable, if it be of sufiicier size, and thus assist in holding the same pressed downward upon the cutters.

The principal Ieature of my invention is the arrangement of the cutters for adjust ment to cause them to out slices of varying thickness. The cutters are provided their ends with pivots b which are nearly in line with their front or cutting edges, and the same are journaled in metal plates attached to the inner side of the guideway at the bottom of the same. cutters are also provided with another pivot b which is separated from the pivot b by nearly the width of the blades or cutters properf The pivots b are journaled in the plate E which is'arranged parallel and behind the adjacent plate E and is adapted for adjustment higher or lower, which adjust ment, as is obvious, will give a greater or less transverse inclination to the cutters. In other words, if the )late E be adjusted as high as racticable, t e cutters will be placed- At one end, the

nearly iorizontal and will therefore take a .F, and at their lower ends to the ends of the vertically adjustable plate Ef. adjust- 111g nuts 'up or down, it is obvious the screwthreade rod F will be raised or lowered cor respondingly and that the arms F "will carry 5 the plate E up or down to the same extent, whereby the inclination of the cutters will be regulated accordingly This adjustment of the. angle of the-cutter may be easily and quickly made. X

What 1 claim is:

In a vegetable slicer, the combination, with a guideway having an opening inthe bottom, of cutters arranged in "series and pivoted at their ends, a means-for adjusting them at different inclinations crosswise, oi the guideway, said means comprising a verti anally adjustable plate arranged longitudithe vertically adjustable plate as shown and nally of said guideway and having a pivotal described.

. connection with the rear edge of the cutters, I V 7 a screw-threaded rod and means for holding A BIG IARD E/JE'KIEL' the same in vertical position, nuts applied to I ittest:

said rod for adjusting it higher or lower, and J. D. WILLIAMS, bars which pivotally connect the rod with J. GOODMAN. 

